Peter Principle

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Pe′ter Prin′ciple,

Businessany of several satirical "laws'' concerning organizational structure, esp. one that holds that people tend to be promoted until they reach their level of incompetence.

from the title of a book by Laurence J. Peter (blend of, blended 1919), Canadian educator

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Peter Principle n

the Peter Principle ⇒ the theory, usually taken facetiously, that all members in a hierarchy rise to their own level of incompetence

Etymology: 20th Century: from the book The Peter Principle (1969) by Dr. Lawrence J. Peter and Raymond Hull, in which the theory was originally propounded

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